[Galaxy Note5 Original Android Development] Rick#2:
Hey [MENTION=5672995]jcadduono[/MENTION], I managed to get this booting up on the N920W8 (Rogers version). Haven't gotten to play with it as of yet, just happy to get past the boot logo!

Here's a quick breakdown of the steps I took:

1. Flashed with Odin back to N920W8VLU1AOI1 (didn't even realize that N920W8VLU2AOK5 was an option for our phones, have been out of the loop for the last few months; this might have been crucial to getting boot to work.)

2. Wiped (completely, including internal storage) /data and /cache.

3. Flashed TWRP 3.0.0.3 from the idlekernel archives.

4. Flashed Dr. Ketan's latest M1 build for the N920I as the base for the nethunter package.

5. Let it boot, went through device setup. Right away, rebooted to TWRP recovery.

6. Flashed the 3.26.2016 nightly chroot-full package.

7. Before rebooting, flashed your nethunter-optimized kernel for the nobleltecan (3.18.2016 build)

8. Wiped cache, then attempted to boot.

At this point, it would only show the Note 5 boot logo for about 2 seconds and was stuck in an endless loop. So:

9. Rebooted back into recovery and took a look at the /system partition, notably the build.prop. Made some changes, here's the build.prop I'm using right now:

# begin build properties
# autogenerated by buildinfo.sh
ro.build.id=LMY47X
ro.build.display.id=Dr.Ketan_L10.N920W8CAU2AOL2
ro.build.version.incremental=N920W8CAU2AOL2
ro.build.version.sdk=22
ro.build.version.codename=REL
ro.build.version.all_codenames=REL
ro.build.version.release=5.1.1
ro.build.version.security_patch=2015-12-01
ro.build.version.base_os=
ro.build.date=Thu Dec 3 20:40:45 KST 2015
ro.build.date.utc=1449142845
ro.build.type=user
ro.build.user=dpi
ro.build.host=SWDD6306
ro.build.tags=release-keys
ro.build.flavor=nobleltecan-user
ro.product.model=SM-N920W8
ro.product.brand=samsung
ro.product.name=nobleltecan
ro.product.device=nobleltecan
ro.product.board=universal7420
# ro.product.cpu.abi and ro.product.cpu.abi2 are obsolete,
# use ro.product.cpu.abilist instead.
ro.product.cpu.abi=arm64-v8a
ro.product.cpu.abilist=arm64-v8a,armeabi-v7a,armeabi
ro.product.cpu.abilist32=armeabi-v7a,armeabi
ro.product.cpu.abilist64=arm64-v8a
ro.product.manufacturer=samsung
ro.product.locale.language=en
ro.product.locale.region=CA
ro.wifi.channels=
ro.board.platform=exynos5
# ro.build.product is obsolete; use ro.product.device
ro.build.product=nobleltecan
# Do not try to parse description, fingerprint, or thumbprint
ro.build.description=nobleltecan-user 5.1.1 LMY47X N920W8CAU2AOL2 release-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=samsung/nobleltecan/noblelte:5.1.1/LMY47X/N920W8CAU2AOL2:user/release-keys
ro.build.characteristics=phone
# Samsung Specific Properties
ro.build.PDA=N920W8CAU2AOL2
ro.build.hidden_ver=N920W8CAVU2AOL2
ro.config.rm_preload_enabled=1
ro.build.changelist=6278982
ro.product_ship=true
ro.chipname=exynos7420
# end build properties

#
# HWUI_BUILD_PROPERTIES
#
ro.hwui.texture_cache_size=88
ro.hwui.layer_cache_size=58
ro.hwui.path_cache_size=16
ro.hwui.shape_cache_size=4
ro.hwui.gradient_cache_size=2
ro.hwui.drop_shadow_cache_size=8
ro.hwui.r_buffer_cache_size=4
ro.hwui.text_small_cache_width=2048
ro.hwui.text_small_cache_height=2048
ro.hwui.text_large_cache_width=4096
ro.hwui.text_large_cache_height=4096
ro.hwui.fbo_cache_size=16
#
# from device/samsung/noblelte/system.prop
#
#
# system.prop for universal7420
#
ro.sf.lcd_density=560

ro.arch=exynos7420
persist.demo.hdmirotationlock=false
ro.zygote.disable_gl_preload=1

ro.sf.lcd_density=560

# Multimedia property for Smart View
media.enable-commonsource=true

# Multimedia property for Camcorder Recording
media.sfrec.adj_frames=2

# System property for storage_preload
persist.sys.storage_preload=1

# VQG - User Agent Header for Video-Streaming Client
net.streaming.rtsp.uaprof=http://wap.samsungmobile.com/uaprof/

# slook
ro.slook.ver=1

# SPCM
sys.config.spcm_enable=false
sys.config.spcm_db_enable=true
sys.config.spcm_db_launcher=true
sys.config.spcm_preload_enable=true
sys.config.spcm_gcm_kill_enable=true

#
# ADDITIONAL_BUILD_PROPERTIES
#
ro.astcenc.astcsupport=0
ro.config.tima=0
ro.config.timaversion=3.0
ro.config.dmverity=false
ro.config.rkp=false
ro.config.kap_default_on=false
ro.telephony.default_network=9
ro.config.ringtone=Over_the_Horizon.ogg
ro.config.notification_sound=Skyline.ogg
ro.config.alarm_alert=Morning_Flower.ogg
ro.config.media_sound=Media_preview_Touch_the_light.ogg
ro.config.ringtone_2=Basic_Bell.ogg
ro.config.notification_sound_2=Skyline.ogg
dalvik.vm.heapstartsize=8m
dalvik.vm.heapgrowthlimit=256m
dalvik.vm.heapsize=512m
dalvik.vm.heaptargetutilization=0.75
dalvik.vm.heapminfree=2m
dalvik.vm.heapmaxfree=8m
ro.opengles.version=196609
ro.sf.lcd_density=480
debug.hwc.force_gpu=0
debug.hwc.nodirtyregion=0
debug.hwc.winupdate=1
drm.service.enabled=true
ro.hdcp2.rx=tz
ro.secwvk=220
ro.securestorage.support=false
ro.build.scafe=capuccino
ro.build.scafe.size=short
ro.build.scafe.shot=single
ro.build.scafe.syrup=sugar
ro.build.scafe.cream=white
ro.sec.fle.encryption=false
ro.im.param.offset=7341648
ro.me.param.offset=7341728
ro.sn.param.offset=7341808
ro.pr.param.offset=7341888
ro.sku.param.offset=7341968
security.mdpp=None
ro.security.mdpp.ver=2.0
ro.security.mdpp.release=4
ro.security.vpnpp.ver=1.4
ro.security.vpnpp.release=5.2
security.mdpp.result=None
ro.frp.pst=/dev/block/persistent
ro.error.receiver.default=com.samsung.receiver.error
ro.config.dha_cached_max=12
ro.config.dha_cached_min=4
ro.config.dha_empty_min=8
ro.config.dha_lmk_scale=2.363
ro.config.dha_pwhitelist_enable=1
config.disable_atlas=true
ro.security.mdpp.ux=Disabled
keyguard.no_require_sim=true
ro.com.android.dateformat=MM-dd-yyyy
ro.carrier=unknown
ro.com.google.clientidbase=android-samsung
ro.security.icd.flagmode=multi
ro.ril.hsxpa=1
ro.ril.gprsclass=10
ro.adb.qemud=1
ro.release.iss=false
ro.smps.enable=true
ro.setupwizard.mode=DISABLED
ro.com.google.gmsversion=5.1_r2
persist.sys.dalvik.vm.lib.2=libart.so
ro.build.selinux=0
dalvik.vm.isa.arm64.features=default
dalvik.vm.isa.arm.features=div
ro.config.knox=0
ro.kernel.qemu=1
dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=m=y
net.bt.name=Android
wlan.wfd.hdcp=disable
dalvik.vm.stack-trace-file=/data/anr/traces.txt
ro.build.aapt.config.prefer=xxxhdpi
ro.build.version.sdl=2101

In summary, a diff of the modifications that matter:

ro.config.rm_preload_enabled=1 - Just did this on a lark. Probably does nothing but didn't see why it would hurt.

ro.config.dmverity=false - This was set to true on Dr. Ketan's ROM, it is related to the block-integrity checks on boot, don't really know the inside-out details but here's a link: Using KitKat verified boot

ro.config.rkp=false - This was also set to true, read here that this ought to be set to false; I think it has something to do with knox.

ro.build.selinux=0 - This was set to 1 in Dr. Ketan's M1 ROM, so I flipped it because I'm pretty sure that selinux is a major aggravator in getting this setup to boot.

ro.kernel.qemu=1 - This was set to 0, typically permits root access to adb, which isn't working at the moment because I can't get the phone to enumerate as a USB device in Ubuntu or Windows; looks like the phone is trying to tell the OS that it is a HID (USB keyboard) which may be part of the problem, not sure.'

Keep in mind that this is all just my random ramblings from having just got it to boot up; I haven't even so much as played with it because I wanted to document exactly what I did if/when I screw it all up and have to start from the beginning. :)

Great job btw, looking forward to getting this working. Hope I can help.